John Proctor as a Tragic Hero Arthur Miller portrays John Proctor as as tragic hero in “The Crucible”. Proctor was an important figure in the community and he was respected by almost everyone, but he also had lots of pride in his name and reputation. His character, as will be explained, was very contradicting. John Proctor was an important man in Salem. He even helped build the church (which he only attended 26 times in 17 months). He was a well respected man with what seemed like great morals and values but he had some hidden sin, that if revealed, would have damaged his reputation in the village, and people would not have respected him as they did. One thing that John Proctor had going for him was that he had great common sense. If
